Re: [HOE] Androids/Clones book[PEG staff, please!]

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On Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 12:38  PM, Patrick Gamblin wrote:

>> ===== Original Message From PEGShane@aol.com =====
>> Hi Joey,
>>
>> 25,000 words is about one-quarter of a book, so I really don't think 
>> it'd be
>> a problem to turn it into an Epitaph article.
>>
>> Shane
>
> Hm, you must use a smaller font than I'm used to. I just finished a
> (non-published/able) book that ran about 80,000 or 90,000 words 
> (program says
> 107,000+ but it can't tell the difference between words and numbers) 
> and it's
> 261 pages (not including space from pics and a few blank pages). Maybe I
> should consider something smaller than 9pt Comic Sans MS on my next 
> project.

Well, ignoring the fact that Comic Sans is a blight on humanity, it's 
very true that different fonts will modify the pagecount heavily. Even 
with PEG's use of borders and such the text density is still pretty 
high, I think.

For a manuscript, going to a classic Times New Roman or even Courier is 
probably the best bet.

--
Brett, who possibly is overusing the phrase plague upon mankind.

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER 
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)